The next day.
Deer College · D Wing (basement level two)
Esoteric Studies Group classroom-Memetics major-laboratory class.
"Professor, why is your classroom so empty? I'm the only one here. Where are the other students?" Xia Xiu asked Professor Laugen, who was preparing a reagent at the front of the deserted classroom.
Professor Laugen used a dropper to add the final drop of liquid to the reagent in his hand before looking up and answering:
"Memetics is dangerous. I generally don't begin formal instruction until the second semester of the first year. During the first semester, I have them read books on Memetics so they can build a solid foundation before getting involved."
Xia Xiu casually picked up The Selfish Gene from the edge of the desk. With a light flick of his fingers, he turned to chapter eleven, [Memes: The New Replicators], and complained to Professor Laugen in a feigned tone:
"Professor, I'm a little deer too. Why didn't you let me study along with them? Is it really appropriate to expose me to something this dangerous already?"
"Would a little deer go to [Vortex Music] to buy meme antibodies less than a month after starting school? Would a little deer download an illegal app with 124 hidden backdoors buried inside it, in violation of the Veil Law? Best of all, this little deer actually got Deer College's Think Tank to use the [Sword of Judgment] to disinfect his app."
"You really did swallow the sugar coating, then turn around and throw the shell right back."
"Hah, is that a little deer? That's a crafty little fox." Professor Laugen spoke as he put away the reagent.
"124 types... I knew those money-grubbing Penguins were unreliable and unscrupulous, but I never imagined they could sink that low." Xia Xiu closed the